**Biotechnological Interventions for the Improvement of Sugarcane Crop and Sugar Production Sugarcane Crop and Sugar Production**

**Biotechnological Interventions for the Improvement of** 

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.71496

Ghulam Mustafa, Faiz Ahmad Joyia, Sultana Anwar, Aqsa Parvaiz and Muhammad Sarwar Khan Aqsa Parvaiz and Muhammad Sarwar Khan Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

Ghulam Mustafa, Faiz Ahmad Joyia, Sultana Anwar,

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#### **Abstract**

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Sugarcane, not only fulfills 70% of world sugar needs but is also a prime potential source of bioethanol. It is majorly grown in tropical and subtropical regions. Researchers have improved this grass to great extent and have developed energy cane with ability to accumulate up to 18% sucrose in its Culm. Improvement of this crop is impeded by its complex genome, low fertility, long production cycle and susceptibility to various biotic and abiotic stresses. Biotechnological interventions hold great promise to address these impediments paving way to get improved sugarcane crop. Further, being vegetatively propagated in most of the agroecological regions, it has become more attractive plant to work with. This chapter highlights, how advanced knowledge of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics) can be employed to improve sugarcane crop. In addition, potential role of *in vitro* techniques and transgenic technology has also been discussed for developing improved sugarcane clones with enhanced sugar recovery.

**Keywords:** sugarcane, omics, transgenics, crop improvement, biofuel
